First of all, FOR THE RECORD, Mark farina is not an "acid-jazz dj playing
house." He is a house dj who also plays acid-jazz. Mark has been
playing house since 85 (our roomate has a personal interview with him for
school project). He started playing acid jazz when he got slotted to
play a secong room at a house event in Chi-town and he wanted to play
something different than his norm. Then he put out the Mushroom jazz
tapes, and eventually started that club when he moved to SF.
> i also hate the
> way that a/j gets ghetto-ized as "warm-up" music in
> so many clubs here (even in hiphop circles). i've gone on record as saying
> that it's b.s. to tell a visiting dj what to play, but i really hate it when
> it seems that people play to expectations about l.a.--there's a lot of us
> that want to hear something different.
>
Personally, we like to hear acid jazz and deep house at the same event
(or from the same dj set ...as Mark often does). House and acid jazz
often have a lot of the same influences, not to mention having the same
producers (i.e. Ashley Beedle, Masters at Work, Julius Papp, to name a
few).
Considering how small our dance community is as a whole, it seems smart
for us to draw from each others crowds ... house kids getting
introduced
to acid jazz and acid jazz folks opening an ear up to house music
...could benefit us all! : )
Erin Hayes & DJ Alison